First, I would like to thank GrimmGreen for his coverage of VaperCon 2012 and a tiny portion of his video that ultimately lead to my discovery.
As a health care provider in the United States (Physician Assistant, Masters in Medical Science) I can honestly say these guys are doing ground breaking research on e-cigs and their potential health benefits. My two main areas of concentration have been urgent care / primary care and sports medicine, so you can see why I am so excited. FlavourArt is the company and the study is called ClearStream. This is the first REAL piece of scientific research I have found on e-cigs, particularly their flavorings and the potential toxicity to human tissue as a result of their use.
Fortunately for us vapers, and hopefully EX-smokers, we know what tobacco smoke has in it and what it does to us. This is what has pushed us to find a good, or at least significantly safer, alternative to smoking.
I am incredibly encouraged and impressed by this company. I am so significantly impressed by their genuine concern for their patrons that I may only buy e-liquids from those people / companies who use their flavorings. Why, because they are putting in the time, money, and dedication to ultimately SAVE LIVES. Yes, they have a vested interest in their product. Of course they do, but they are PRE-EMPTING the EU and doing this early. This speaks volumes about a company. It might also force other e-liquid manufacturers to submit their flavorings for testing or only use flavorings that pass this test, or some future variation of it. The test appears very solid from a scientific standpoint. What does this mean for us? Healthier e-liquids!!! Why not? It also gives us the ammunition to fight big government and big tobacco. I say hell yes to that.
I would encourage anyone with any sort of science background (or none for that matter) to check out the study and the results to date. A lot of the information and results from studies to this point are in Italian, but it is easily decipherable if you watch the videos first.
These guys stand on the precipice of some serious implications for all of us.
I would also encourage anyone who has the time to write them and THANK THEM for their work. We have tons of research, from a retrospective standpoint, to look at in regards to tobacco. It's been around long enough to see the long term effects. Unfortunately, e-cigs do not have that luxury. What FlavourArt is doing is the first prospective biological study I have seen on concentrations of flavoring and its effects on cells in culture, death rates, etc. We all have some idea on what these flavors do if we eat them. Vaporizing them into our respiratory tract is a whole different ball of wax. Let's be honest. We have all wondered what the various flavorings MIGHT be doing since we are vaping them and not eating them.
The future of vaping appears very bright to me. These guys are definitely carrying with the torch.
Home page: http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/?lang=en
Studies: http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/?cat=10&lang=en
Videos: http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/?page_id=393&lang=en(the second one is more on the science specifics)
Sincerely,
JZ (Skeetorius)
As a health care provider in the United States (Physician Assistant, Masters in Medical Science) I can honestly say these guys are doing ground breaking research on e-cigs and their potential health benefits. My two main areas of concentration have been urgent care / primary care and sports medicine, so you can see why I am so excited. FlavourArt is the company and the study is called ClearStream. This is the first REAL piece of scientific research I have found on e-cigs, particularly their flavorings and the potential toxicity to human tissue as a result of their use.
Fortunately for us vapers, and hopefully EX-smokers, we know what tobacco smoke has in it and what it does to us. This is what has pushed us to find a good, or at least significantly safer, alternative to smoking.
I am incredibly encouraged and impressed by this company. I am so significantly impressed by their genuine concern for their patrons that I may only buy e-liquids from those people / companies who use their flavorings. Why, because they are putting in the time, money, and dedication to ultimately SAVE LIVES. Yes, they have a vested interest in their product. Of course they do, but they are PRE-EMPTING the EU and doing this early. This speaks volumes about a company. It might also force other e-liquid manufacturers to submit their flavorings for testing or only use flavorings that pass this test, or some future variation of it. The test appears very solid from a scientific standpoint. What does this mean for us? Healthier e-liquids!!! Why not? It also gives us the ammunition to fight big government and big tobacco. I say hell yes to that.
I would encourage anyone with any sort of science background (or none for that matter) to check out the study and the results to date. A lot of the information and results from studies to this point are in Italian, but it is easily decipherable if you watch the videos first.
These guys stand on the precipice of some serious implications for all of us.
I would also encourage anyone who has the time to write them and THANK THEM for their work. We have tons of research, from a retrospective standpoint, to look at in regards to tobacco. It's been around long enough to see the long term effects. Unfortunately, e-cigs do not have that luxury. What FlavourArt is doing is the first prospective biological study I have seen on concentrations of flavoring and its effects on cells in culture, death rates, etc. We all have some idea on what these flavors do if we eat them. Vaporizing them into our respiratory tract is a whole different ball of wax. Let's be honest. We have all wondered what the various flavorings MIGHT be doing since we are vaping them and not eating them.
The future of vaping appears very bright to me. These guys are definitely carrying with the torch.
Home page: http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/?lang=en
Studies: http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/?cat=10&lang=en
Videos: http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/?page_id=393&lang=en(the second one is more on the science specifics)
Sincerely,
JZ (Skeetorius)
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